Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies host Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers while embroiled in drama again.
With just nine games left in the regular season and while currently holding the fifth-seed in the Western Conference playoff standings the Memphis Grizzlies (44-29) decided to fire head coach Taylor Jenkins. In his six seasons leading the team Jenkins led Memphis to four winning seasons, nine playoff wins and progressively grew the young roster year-over-year aside from one injury laden season that led drafting Zach Eddy in the lottery. The first test for interim head coach Tuomas Iisalo is the Los Angeles Lakers (44-29), who are tied with Memphis in the standings. Los Angeles is coming off back-to-back dramatic, buzzer-beating games.
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Game Date: Saturday, March 29, 2025
Game Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Los Angeles won a thriller against the Indiana Pacers on a James tip-in as the clock expired to steal a win on the road. They followed that up with an even more remarkable last-second loss to the Chicago Bulls that saw the lead change three times in 12 seconds highlighted by a Josh Giddey half-court shot as time expired.
Both teams head into this game exhausted from on-court and off-court drama with the Western Conference playoffs as the backdrop. Both teams are 1.5 games out of the third seed and 2.5 games away from falling back in the Play-In Tournament.
Los Angeles won two of the first three games against Memphis this season. All three came before the new year and before the Doncic trade shook-up the NBA. With a Los Angeles win it takes the season-series and the tiebreaker for the playoffs against Memphis.
